Pope Francis

A Chicago law firm released a list of hundreds of Catholic clergy members it says have been credibly accused of sexual abuse.

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Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his sorrow for African populations hit by Cyclone Idai in various regions of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi where hundreds of people were killed. Rough Cut (no..

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Cardinal George Pell's lawyer Robert Richter left the Victorian County Court and told reporters that an appeal was "on foot" after his client was sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing two..

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Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in jail by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

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The former Vatican treasurer is the highest-ranking Catholic Church official to be convicted on child sexual abuse charges.

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He's the highest-ranking Catholic official in France to be convicted of covering up child sexual abuse.

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According to a report by Reuters, on Thursday, a high-ranking French Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was convicted of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse in his diocese and said..

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For Italy's 25,000 Mormons, their first temple that has been completed in Rome is a sign that they too are finally on the map in the heart of Christianity. Megan Revell reports.

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Reuters reports France’s archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barabarin . said on Thursday he would submit his resignation to Pope Francis after he was found guilty of failing to report allegations..

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A French court convicted the Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon on Thursday of failing to act on historic allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts in his diocese, handing Cardinal Philippe Barbarin a..

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Pope Francis announced a decision that promises to shed light on a controversial period of Vatican history: the Vatican will let historians access sealed documents about Pope Pius XII, who led the..

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The secret archives will be open to researchers beginning in March 2020.

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Some Jewish groups have long alleged that the Vatican turned a blind eye to the Holocaust. Now Pope Francis plans to open the secret archives of his predecessor Pius XII, stating, "the Church is not..

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Reuters reports Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded into custody pending sentencing for sexually abusing two choir..

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Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars after he was remanded into custody pending sentencing for sexually abusing two choir boys in Australia two decades..

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Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic clergyman worldwide to be convicted for child sex offences, returns to court for a sentence plea hearing. Rough cut (no reporter narration).

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Some on social media have noted that Pell, an aide to Pope Francis, has cosy relations with top politicians and others have come to his defence.

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The Vatican's interim spokesman Alessandro Gisotti said on Tuesday the conviction of Australian Cardinal George Pell on child sexual offences was "painful news." Rough cut (no reporter narration)

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The 77-year-old former Archbishop of Melbourne is the most senior Catholic cleric to be found guilty of the offence. Saskia O'Donoghue reports.

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The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Mark Colderidge said on Tuesday news of the conviction of Australian Cardinal George Pell on child sexual abuse charges had..

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The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted in Australia of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis' top..

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Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican treasurer and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, is found guilty on five charges of child sexual offenses committed more than two decades ago against 13-year-old..

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A jury found him guilty of one charge of sexual penetration of a child and four charges of an indecent act with or in the presence of a child.

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis ended his conference on the sexual abuse of children by clergy on Sunday by calling for an “all-out battle” against a crime that should be “erased from the..

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